An infuriated councillor has called on county officials to get on top of the pothole problem plaguing Lincolnshire after he said one street was left in a state for almost five months.

Councillor Mark Suffield was so disgusted at the poor condition of Mareham Lane in Sleaford earlier this year that he took pictures of the pothole-riddled road and demanded the county council take action.

But when he made the complaint on January 26, he had no idea it would take the authority what he says is 133 days to make the necessary repairs.

And now he insists the quality of the work just isn’t good enough.

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Councillor Suffield has been chasing the county council for months (Image: Mark Suffield)

North Kesteven district councillor Suffield told Lincolnshire Live: “I had a completion date at the end of March, then by mid-March I called up to see if it was going ahead, but they said the completion time has been scrapped.

“I just kept calling because they are blooming great big holes."

He added: “It is despicable – the standard of workmanship is not particularly high, not that I’m an expert.”

Councillor Suffield is not impressed with the repair work

Councillor Suffield believes the plugged up potholes have little chance of lasting long on the road, which is used by lorries and heavy agricultural machinery on a day-to-day basis.

And he is so concerned that he has already set a reminder for himself to go and check the potholes in 28 days’ time.

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Councillor Suffield, who recently launched a petition in a bid to stop North Kesteven District Council rebranding itself, said: “We all know Lincolnshire County Council has some of the lowest amounts of money but at the end the day we have a lot of roads and we have to look after them.

“The way they’ve filled in the holes is pointless.”

It's taken months for the potholes to get repaired (Image: Mark Suffield)

He was particularly riled when a report on the potholes claimed they were filled two minutes after he lodged the complaint, rather than the 133 days he says it took for the work to be done.

Potholes have been the bane of drivers lives for months after a tough winter saw roads across the county crumble.

In March, an additional £3.4m was given to Lincolnshire County Council by the Government to fix the pothole-covered roads across the county.

It brought the county council’s pothole funds to £12.4m - and was the third highest amount of funding given out in the country.